PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

ACKCIO RELIABLE, REAL-TIME,

Wireless Monitoring Solution

BEAM for Geotechnical and

Structural Sensors

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Wireless Monitoring
Solution

Ackcio Beam is an end-to-end solution that automates the

process of monitoring geotechnical and structural sensors in
challenging environments like construction sites and mines.
The solution is built upon three main components:

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DEVICES MESH SOFTWARE
Ackcio Nodes connect A patent-pending On-gateway as well as
with geotechnical and wireless mesh protocol cloud-hosted software
structural sensors and that allows Ackcio Nodes suite that manages the
transmit their data to to send their sensor data deployments and
the Ackcio Gateway. to the Gateway with over the sensor data gathered
99% reliability. from the projects.

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Key Features
With the real-time data gathered by Ackcio Beam, you can be aware
of the slightest of changes in your projects. This allows you to make
informed real-time decisions, increase safety, reduce project delays,
cut costs and be more productive in your work.

DEVICES
+ Plug and play style setup and easy to use system.
+ Compatible with most geotechnical and structural
sensors from all major instrument manufacturers.
+ Noise-free readings from sensors.
+ Battery life of over 10 years.

WIRELESS MESH NETWORK

+ Innovative wireless mesh-based data collection protocol that
provides seamless connectivity in large sites and tunnels.
+ Low-power, long-range wireless radios that provide a range
of up to 15 km in each hop of the mesh network.
+ Over 99% reliability in collecting sensor data.

SOFTWARE
+ On-gateway and cloud hosted data management software.
+ 24x7 access to deployments and their sensor data.
+ Ultra-low latency for data acquisition and pushing
updates to the Nodes.
+ Automated alerts and reports.
+ Ability to integrate with third-party servers via FTP
or Web APIs.

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Why Use Ackcio Beam?
An end-to-end system that provides complete automation
of geotechnical and structural monitoring.

1. Reliable, real-time delivery of 4. Eliminate the need for

sensor data for real-time decision manpower-heavy traditional
making. monitoring solutions.

2. Fully-transparent system that 5. Stay updated all the time

provides access to all stakeholders through our cloud-hosted data
of your projects. management platform.

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3. Monitor hard-to-access sites 6. Easy to deploy and intuitive
and tunnels remotely. to use.

%
Reduce your cap-ex and op-ex in your monitoring projects by

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How It Works
Ackcio Beam is easy to setup and use. All types of
geotechnical and structural sensors can be connected
with the system for automated monitoring.

Wire

Wireless Link Node

Third-Party
Server

Node

Sensor

Smartphone Dashboard
Gateway
Configuration Node
App
Sensor Sensor

Sensors Ackcio Cloud

Sensor

The Ackcio Nodes take period readings of the sensors they are interfaced with
and transmit them via Ackcio Mesh – a long-range, low-power, patent-pending,
wireless data collection protocol – to the Ackcio Gateway. The Gateway then
uploads all the gathered sensor data to the Ackcio Cloud.

Ackcio Software running on Gateways or Ackcio Cloud, our cloud-hosted

data management and configuration software, can then be used to visualize
and analyze the data. The software system also allows you to manage the
sensor network, automate reporting, get notifications if readings cross pre-set
thresholds, and even upload the sensor data to a third-party server via FTP or
API push, among many other things.

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Reliable Wireless
Sensor Data Collection
Ackcio Nodes are equipped with long- data collection even in the harshest of
range wireless radios that allow them environments. It automatically mitigates
to talk to each other, as well as the well-known wireless problems like signal
Ackcio Gateway. blockages and interference, allowing the
Nodes to reliably send their data to the
Even if a Node can’t reach the Gateway
Gateway every time.
directly, it can still send its data to the
Gateway via other Nodes in the network. Every single radio transmission in the sys-
This is possible with Ackcio Mesh, a pat- tem is secured using AES-128 encryption
ent-pending, wireless mesh data collec- to maximize security of the sensor data
tion protocol that ensures reliable sensor gathered by the system.

Radio bands
Sub-1GHz band
– complies with unlicensed ISM band
specifications in most countries

Transmission distance
Up to 4km (non-LoS), up to 15km (LoS)

Mesh hops
Up to 10

Nodes per gateway

Up to 150

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Why Use a Mesh?

Having a reliable, long-range, wireless mesh-based data acquisition system allows for
monitoring of sensors that are deployed in deep tunnels and very large construction
sites without using multiple gateways and signal repeaters.

Node Wireless link

GATEWAY

This significantly reduces the investment needed to setup a wireless monitoring

system. The Ackcio Wireless Mesh network allows all Ackcio Nodes to talk to each
other, thus allowing them to relay other Nodes’ data to the gateway.

Up to Up to Up to

15 km
in line-of-sight
3 km 4 km
in tunnels and in cities and urban
environments underground settings environments

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Why Use a Mesh?

Challenging sites like deep tunnels and large mines can be
monitored easily with a multi-hop wireless mesh network.

LONG-RANGE AUTOMATIC
TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION

Each hop in the wireless mesh has the Automatic configuration of network
same long-range distance of up to 15 km paths in the mesh, which dynamically
depending on site conditions. evolve with site conditions.

RELIABLE LOW POWER

DOWNLINK CONSUMPTION

Reliable downlink to send reat-time Ultra-low power consumption to ensure

updates like sampling interval changes that Nodes last years on batteries.
to the Nodes.

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Analogue Nodes
Analogue Nodes can be used to monitor all types of
sensors like MEMS tilt meters and EL beams
that have analogue outputs.

Ackcio Analogue Nodes come in two formats: 1-Sensor

BEAM-AN-S1 WEIGHT: 0.7 KG
(BEAM-AN-S1) and 4-Sensor (BEAM-AN-S4), based on
the number of sensors the Nodes can be connected with.
100 mm

The nodes are compatible and have been field tested

with analogue sensors from all the major instrument
100 mm 80 mm
manufacturers.

Power supply options: Full Wheatstone Bridge BEAM-AN-S4 WEIGHT: 1.7 KG

5V / 12V / 24V DC @ 100mA Resolution: 0.001mV/V

Accuracy: 0.25% FS
140 mm

Voltage (DC)
Measurement range: ±10V Thermistor
Resolution: 0.0001V Measurement range:
Accuracy: ±0.05% FS -50°C to +100°C 220 mm 80 mm
Resolution: 0.1°C
Current Loop
Accuracy: 0.2°C
Measurement range: 0-20mA
Resolution: 0.005mA Operating temperature:
Accuracy: ±0.05% FS -40°C to +80°C

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Vibrating Wire Nodes

Vibrating Wire Nodes can be used to monitor all types
of vibrating wire sensors like strain gauges, load cells,
piezometers, crack meters, etc.

Ackcio Vibrating Wire Nodes come in two formats:

BEAM-VW-S1 WEIGHT: 0.7 KG
1-Sensor (BEAM-VW-S1) and 8-Sensor (BEAM-VW-S8).
The nodes are compatible and have been field tested
100 mm

with vibrating wire sensors from all the major

instrument manufacturers. 100 mm 80 mm

Vibrating Wire Thermistor

Excitation wave: 8V BEAM-VW-S8 WEIGHT: 1.7 KG
Measurement range:
Measurement range: -50°C to +100°C
Resolution: 0.1°C
140 mm

450 - 6000Hz
Resolution: 0.001Hz Accuracy: 0.2°C
Accuracy: ±0.033%FS Operating temperature:
-40°C to +80°C 220 mm 80 mm

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Digital Nodes
Digital Nodes can be used to monitor
digital sensors like IPIs that follow RS232,
RS485 and SDI-12 protocols.

Ackcio Digital Nodes come in a single format

BEAM-DG WEIGHT: 1.7 KG

(BEAM-DG) that contains three individual sensor

channels for RS232, RS485, and SDI-12. Each
140 mm

channel can be interfaced with up to 32 sensors

when the node is powered by batteries, and up to
220 mm 80 mm
50 sensors when using external power.

Power supply options: External power supply:

5V / 12V / 24V DC @ 100mA 7-36V DC
Protocols supported: Operating temperature:
RS232 / RS485 / SDI-12 -40°C to +80°C

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Relay Nodes
Relay Nodes can be used
in settings where Nodes
are beyond the range of the
Gateway. Ackcio Relay Nodes
can be used to extend the
wireless range of Nodes.

Ackcio Relay Nodes can be deployed

in settings where Nodes are deployed
in isolated locations, and hence unable
to find a network path to reach the
Gateway. A Relay Node can be placed
between Nodes and the Gateway
to allow the Nodes to communicate RELAY NODE WEIGHT: 0.7 KG

with the Gateway via the Relay Nodes

100 mm

through the Ackcio Mesh Network.

Operation modes: Always ON / Duty Cycled 100 mm 80 mm

Operating temperature: -40°C to +80°C

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Gateway
Ackcio Gateway (BEAM-GW) receives sensor data
from Ackcio Nodes and uploads them to the Ackcio
Cloud or third-party servers. The gateway has an
innovative backup battery system that provides
4 months of additional lifetime in the event of a
disruption of the gateway power supply.

WEIGHT: 1 KG
160 mm

100 mm 80 mm

Power supply range:

10-24V DC

Power consumption:
250mA Typical / 1.5A Peak

Internet connectivity:
In-built 3G/4G modem, LAN

Internal disk storage:

13 GB

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Software
Ackcio Software running on Ackcio Gateways and Ackcio
Cloud help you to both configure your deployments as well
as to manage the sensor data collected by the system.

Ackcio Software provides 24x7 access to all Increases productivity

stakeholders of your projects for real-time deci-
sion making. Since you have real-time access to Reduce delays
every single data point collected from your proj-
ects, you can take informed and timely decisions. Increases safety
This increases productivity, reduces delays, and
increases safety.

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Software Benefits
Built on top of trusted Change deployment settings
Microsoft Azure infrastruc- like sensor sampling intervals
ture to ensure super-high and network parameters
reliability and availability. remotely.

Automatic conversion of raw Web-based

sensor data to engineering platform that works
units like degrees, kN, etc. on any device.

Automatic email alerts when Automatic

readings exceed pre-set generation of
thresholds. data reports.

Collect and visualize Add any number

health metrics of the of users and control
Gateways and Nodes. their access levels.

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Configuration Mobile App

All Ackcio Nodes can be setup at the deployment site with an easy-
to-use smartphone application that comes free with the system.

Provides step-by-step instruc-

1 tions on setting up sensors.

Displays whether the sinal is

2 strong enough for Nodes to reach
other Nodes or the Gateway.

Takes on-site sensor readings to

3
help with sensor verification and
recording initial sensor readings.

Shows the battery conditions

4 of the Nodes.

Automatically obtain the geo-

5 coordinates of the Nodes in the
site while setting up.

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Battery Life
The expected battery life of nodes for different types of sensors is given in the
tables below. All tests were carried out with Lithium Thionyl Chloride (Li-SOCl2)
3.6V 19Ah batteries.

Analogue Nodes with Voltage Output Sensors

Expected Battery Life

Node Type Number of
Batteries @ 5 min @ 15 min @ 1 hour
Sampling Sampling Sampling
BEAM-AN-S1 1 1.5 years 3.5 years >5 years
BEAM-AN-S4 2 1 year 3 years >5 years

Analogue Nodes with Current Loop Output Sensors

Expected Battery Life

Node Type Number of
Batteries @ 5 min @ 15 min @ 1 hour
Sampling Sampling Sampling
BEAM-AN-S1 1 1 year 2 years >5 years
BEAM-AN-S4 2 6 months 2 years >5 years

Vibrating Wire Nodes

Expected Battery Life

Node Type Number of
Batteries @ 5 min @ 15 min @ 1 hour
Sampling Sampling Sampling
BEAM-VW-S1 1 2 year 4 years >5 years
BEAM-VW-S8 2 8 months 1 year >5 years

Digital Nodes

Expected Battery Life

# Sensors Number of
(Geokon IPI) Batteries @ 5 min @ 15 min @ 1 hour
Sampling Sampling Sampling
10 Geokon IPI 3 10 months 2 years 5 years
10 Sisgeo IPI 3 4 months 1 year 3 years
10 Encardio IPI 3 1 year 3 years 5 years

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Case Studies
Sea Tunnel Monitoring Project - Hong Kong

Being a new addition to Hong Kong’s

highway infrastructure, this road construction
project comprises an undersea tunnel
crossing.

Our client used the Ackcio Beam system to

monitor vibrating wire piezometers and strain
gauges deployed both within the undersea
tunnel segment and the above-ground site
locations.

Thanks to the convenience of the long-range

wireless mesh connectivity provided by the
Ackcio Beam system, our client was able to
monitor all the sensors on the above-ground
site, as well as the ones inside the tunnel, using
only one gateway.

Our client also utilised the Ackcio Cloud in this

project to have real-time awareness of the
sensor readings to ensure that the construction
work proceeded smoothly.

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Bedok Canal Improvement Project — Singapore
The Ackcio Beam system was used to
monitor strain gauges and load cells
mounted on I-beams along a 1.2km-long
canal segment in Bedok, Singapore.

The canal banks were expanded to increase

the canal’s capacity. Therefore, it was
necessary for the load on the I-beams to
be monitored in real-time to ensure that the
site work proceeded without compromising
safety and integrity of the site.

Since the site works spanned over 1km,

cabling sensors or using manpower take
manual readings is not cost effective. So
our client used the Ackcio Beam system to
automate the monitoring process. With the
Ackcio Beam system, our client always had
the data they needed right at their fingertips
for real-time decision making.

Thomson-East Coast MRT Line — Singapore

The Ackcio Beam system was used to monitor Our client opted to use the Ackcio Beam system
strain gauges affixed to a thrust frame that because the tunneling work happened ~20m
was bearing a tunnel boring machine (TBM). below ground. So cabling or manual reading
of the strain gauges becomes too costly. The
The load imposed on the thrust frame by the
TBM drilling work was completed safely with
TBM was monitored in real-time to ensure
the help of the Ackcio Beam system, and the
that the TBM drilled through the earth without
project stakeholders used the Ackcio Cloud to
affecting the integrity of the thrust frame.
be aware of the project status 24x7.

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